SR 72 Improvements

Nighttime pavement patching operations will occur Monday through Thursday throughout the week of October 3^rd. Beginning Friday night, October 7^th at 8PM, through Saturday morning, October 8^th at 6AM, SR 72 will be reduced to a single lane under a flagging operation from the train tracks north of Willamette Drive to the SR 72 and SR 71 intersection to install an asphalt overlay. Expect delays. Beginning Saturday morning, October 8^th at 6AM, through Saturday evening, October 8^th, southbound SR 72 will be closed from the intersection of SR 71 to south of Wilson Blvd. For those travelling on southbound SR 72, the following detour route will be utilized:

• • The detour route will instruct drivers on southbound SR 72 to turn left onto northbound SR 71, continue northbound on SR 71 and turn right onto Church Rd. Continue south on Church Rd and turn right at the stop sign onto southbound SR 7, continue southbound on SR 7 to access destinations along SR 72.

All movements will be maintained from Wilson Boulevard leg and the Wilbur School elementary school entrance leg.

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During the detour, access to private driveways and businesses will be maintained. During the detour, access to southbound SR 72 from the businesses at the Red Lion Hundred will be detoured to Old Kirkwood Road and to northbound SR 71 along the signed detour route. Southbound SR 72 will be reopened to motorists and SR 72 will be shifted into the Phase 1 traffic pattern by Monday morning at 5 am.